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A monthly update on archival initiatives, work, and news by MOCA’s Research and Collections Center
June 2023

GHHN Grant-Funded Conservation of P.S. 23 Boys' Records Drawer Complete!

Back in March, MOCA was awarded a 2023 NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant from the Greater Hudson Heritage Network to support the repair of one of two wooden drawers used to hold academic and physical examination records of P.S. 23 students. We are excited to report that this grant-funded conservation treatment has just been completed! This 3-dimensional artifact, salvaged from a neighborhood school which served several generations of the community that became New York Chinatown, is now structurally stable and ready for future exhibition display.

To date, we are still in need of funds to support the conservation treatment of the student record cards that were stored in the drawer, some of which date as far back as the 1880s. If you can help contribute any amount towards their conservation, please visit MOCA's Sponsor an Object webpage to learn more.

Sponsor an Object

In honor of this past AAPI Heritage Month, consider supporting MOCA's fire recovery conservation efforts by sponsoring an object! Sponsoring an object entails contributing any amount--large or small--to help fund the repair of a treasured piece of Chinese American history that was damaged during the fire.

On Fridays, we post a profile for a new object needing sponsorship on MOCA’s Facebook, Instagram, and Sponsor an Object webpage. Each object is selected based on exhibition and conservation priorities, and each profile features research into the object's history and significance, an assessment and photo documentation detailing its damage, and a proposed course of conservation treatment. 

MOCA offers Chinese-language translations for all of our Sponsor an Object webpages. Readers can easily navigate from English to Chinese pages by clicking the "En / ?" icon on the menu bar at the top of MOCA's webpages.

To thank sponsors who donate at specified levels, we include acknowledgement of sponsorship in the object’s catalog record, on an official certificate of sponsorship, and/or on exhibition display labels, depending on level of contribution. If you can support our conservation efforts by contributing any amount towards the repair of an object, please visit our Sponsor an Object page. 

Please click on an icon above to learn more about objects that still need additional sponsorship to reach the total conservation cost goal.

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